As I write this, a jury in Rhode Island is deciding how many millions in damages to award to the record companies in the .

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This case was supposed to pit Harvard's crack legal team against the record companies, with the prime objective being to . Unfortunately, it was the legal arguments that cracked when Judge Nancy Gertner threw out Team Tenenbaum's argument that

After that, their case turned to styrofoam -- literally. Defense attorney Charles Neeson in front of the jury to demonstrate what happens to "albums" when they get distributed online. (And if that didn't work, he was going to try balloon animals. Just kidding, I think.)

Of course, it also doesn't help your case when the defendant is a complete knob. (See: .)